{"product_id":"saint-of-the-narrows-street-1","title":"Saint of the Narrows Street","description":"As an Italian American family's decades-old secret begins to unravel, they will have to bear the consequences--and face each other--in this thrilling south Brooklyn-set tragic opera of the highest caliber from crime fiction luminary William Boyle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilliam Boyle is the master of Brooklyn-set crime fiction and \u003ci\u003eSaint of the Narrows Street\u003c\/i\u003e is his magnum opus. For fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Sopranos\u003c\/i\u003e, Jonathan Lethem, and Dennis Lehane. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGravesend, Brooklyn, 1986: Risa Franzone lives in a ground-floor apartment on Saint of the Narrows Street with her bad-seed husband, Saverio, and their eight-month-old baby, Fabrizio. On the night Risa's younger sister, Giulia, moves in to recover from a bad breakup, a fateful accident occurs: Risa, boiled over with anger and fear, strikes a drunk, erratic Sav with a cast-iron pan, killing him on\u003cbr\u003e\u0026gt;The sisters are left with a choice: notify the authorities and make a case for self-defense, or bury the man's body and go on with their lives as best they can. In a moment of panic, in the late hours of the night, they call upon Sav's childhood friend--the sweet, loyal Christopher 'Chooch' Gardini--to help them, hoping they can trust him to carry a secret like this. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver the vast expanse of the next eighteen years, life goes on in the working-class Italian neighborhood of Gravesend as Risa, Giulia, Chooch, and eventually Fabrizio grapple with what happened that night. A standout work of character-driven crime fiction from a celebrated author of the form, \u003ci\u003eSaint of the Narrows Street\u003c\/i\u003e is a searing and richly drawn novel about the choices we make and how they shape our lives.","brand":"Buchserien.de","offers":[{"title":"Neuware","offer_id":55100983935314,"sku":"9781641297417","price":20.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/7002\/3593\/files\/bild_86f56445-e2d4-43b4-91d5-2a01df40a553.jpg?v=1792163429","url":"https:\/\/www.buchserien.de\/products\/saint-of-the-narrows-street-1","provider":"Buchserien.de","version":"1.0","type":"link"}